Architecture

The British Museum in London

Virtual museum tours: how to explore the wonders of history from your home

The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel for the International Exhibition of Paris in 1889. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

From ‘eyesore’ to icon: a brief history of the Eiffel Tower

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

Stonemason Andrew Ziminski. (Photo by David Hampton)

Written in stone

Keith Granville, managing director of BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), holding a model of the Boeing 747 jet, with the new aircraft hangars under construction in the background, at Heathrow Airport, 17 March 1969. (Photo by Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)

In pictures: the history of London’s Heathrow Airport

Andrew Ziminski pictured at his workshop in Somerset.

General ancient history

Books interview with Andrew Ziminski: “The stonework at Stonehenge is a Gordian knot of mind-bogglingness”

Westminster Abbey, London

A brief history of Westminster Abbey

The White House in Washington DC, which has been home to all US presidents since John Adams in 1800. (Photo by Getty Images)

8 facts you might not know about the White House, home of the president of the USA

St Mary's Church is revered as one of England's greatest architectural achievements. (Image by Alamy)

Explore A masterpiece of Gothic grandeur: the Church of St Mary, Warwick

The Popes Palace, or Palais des Papes, in Avignon, France.

Q&A Why did the papacy move to Avignon in the 14th century?

Great Pyramid of Giza

5 facts about the Great Pyramid of Giza

The leaning tower of Pisa

Q&A Why does the Tower of Pisa lean to one side?

Families in a London slum, c1900

From slums to suburbs: Britain’s council house revolution

Winchester Cathedral

From King Alfred to Jane Austen: a historical tour of Winchester

Chatsworth House, where Elizabeth I ordered for Mary, Queen of Scots to be imprisoned after she abdicated and fled from Scotland to England in 1567. (Photo by Chatsworth House Trust)

Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes